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Phys. Rev. B 73, 033107 (2006) [4 pages]

Interference effects due to commensurate electron trajectories and topological crossovers in (TMTSF)2ClO4

H. I. Ha,1 A. G. Lebed,2 and M. J. Naughton1
1Department of Physics, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, USA
2Department of Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA

Received 21 November 2005; published 30 January 2006

We report angle-dependent magnetoresistance measurements on (TMTSF)2ClO4 that provide strong support for a macroscopic quantum phenomenon, the "interference commensurate" (IC) effect, in quasi-one dimensional metals. In addition to observing rich magnetoresistance oscillations, and fitting them with one-electron calculations, we observe a clear demarcation of field-dependent behavior at local resistance minima and maxima (versus field angle). Anticipated by a theoretical treatment of the IC effect in terms of Bragg reflections in the extended Brillouin zone, this behavior results from one-dimensional --> two dimensional (1D-->2D) topological crossovers of electron wave functions as a function of field orientation.

©2006 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.73.033107
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.033107
PACS: 72.15.Gd; 71.18.+y; 74.70.Kn
  • 72.15.Gd
    Galvanomagnetic and other magnetotransport effects (metals/alloys)
  • 71.18.+y
    Fermi surface: calculations and measurements; effective mass, -g factor
  • 74.70.Kn
    Organic superconductors
  • YEAR: 2006
KEYWORDS: organic compounds, quantum interference phenomena, one-dimensional conductivity, magnetoresistance, oscillations, Brillouin zones, wave functions

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